Killer Typhoon

Description

It was the strongest cyclone to hit land in recorded history. On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan—what some are calling “the perfect storm”—slammed into the Philippines, whipping the low-lying and densely-populated islands with 200 mile-per-hour winds and sending a two-story-high storm surge flooding into homes, schools, and hospitals. It wiped villages off the map and devastated cities, including the hard-hit provincial capital Tacloban. Estimates count more than 5,000 dead and millions homeless. Through interviews with meteorologists and climate scientists, this film investigates what made Haiyan so destructive and why we can expect greater intensity storms in the future.